A landing Delta jet flipped over in Toronto

[Karl_K]

another

INCIDENT: PSA (American Eagle) CRJ-900 Wing Tip Strike - Mentour Pilot

A PSA CRJ-900 (operating as American Eagle) suffered a wing tip strike in tricky weather in Newport, Virginia. There were no injuries.

mentourpilot.com

 

[Karl_K]

another

https://simpleflying.com/endeavor-crj900-wingtip/

There are more but not going to post them

 

[kenny]

... THANK GOD they are all alive!!!

Thanks, but I'll thank something real, clever aircraft design.
Don't need magic when you have good engineering.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/18/us/aircraft-safety-toronto-plane-crash/index.html

 

[LightBright]

Just saw a new video from another angle that adds important evidence. ...

Right before touching down both wings were parallel to the ground, so I no long suspect wake turbulence.

Now it appears the right side landing gear under the fuselage failed and collapsed right when it touched the ground.
That resulted in the right wing hitting the ground and breaking off.

But that doesn't seem like enough rotational to cause the fuselage to rotate a full 180°.
Maybe a perfectly-timed strong gust of wind (which were reported at landing time) from the left side of the plane was strong enough to push the left wing up enough to rotate the fuselage around.
But then, maybe the devil did it.

Time will tell, but I find it an interesting physics puzzle to ponder.

Landing gear failed because plane came down immediately on both front and back wheels, rather than staying on back wheels and flaring. It was intentional by pilot, likely due to crosswind. But calculations wrong. Landing gear destroyed. This is what I read.

“ The flare follows the final approach phase and precedes the touchdown and roll-out phases of landing. In the flare, the nose of the plane is raised, slowing the descent rate and therefore creating a softer touchdown, and the proper attitude is set for touchdown.”

 

[LightBright]

Just see now pilot operating plane was a female who had just gotten her Airline Transport Pilot certificate.

SIGH. I feel confidant with American airlines because most commercial pilots are retired military flight pilots and don’t come into the cockpit as newbies. They fly passengers based on years of technical experience.

IMO - This plane was flying in customary for winter wind and landing conditions, not following too close to another plane, no mechanical issues. It was a technical landing that was botched.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

I'm with you, military training.